G House
The G House layout departs from the site’s recognition and also from the
willingness to conquer the terrain after understanding its solar paths.
From the basement garage come all the service areas and house equipment,
giving its dwellers the possibility of independent worlds within the place.
Therefore, as standing subordinated to the sun paths, the house allows
the living and dinning rooms and other privileged spaces a southeastern
orientation. Following this axis, a fountain is placed in the same level,
generating a visual effect of a water ending platform which also gives direct ways
for light and kitchen ventilation.
At the center of the indoor plant are the vertical circulations facing a
hall that becomes a daylight recipient through a series of slots in the ceiling.
These allow a sharp flow of light lines that work as a solar watch where time
passes by.
A red wall plays a leading role in this area which when reflected, tints
the light in a very particular manner, whereas it also brings an accentuation
to the vertical circulation and the marble rugged wooden staircase.
In the upper level are two bedrooms viewing the garden and a balcony
that serves as roof for the southeastern terrace. Main bedroom, also in this
floor, enjoys the wide rights of way as well as the abundant vegetation of the
main avenue of its location. This place, as does the television room in the
first floor, gain privacy from a wooden rack that controls the intensity of
solar radiation due to its obstructing capacities.
And the entry plaza of the house, absolutely side-stepped from the car
access, dissolves the frontier between that which is urban and that which is
architectonic, permitting the inside of the house drain into the outside and
giving space and kindness to the suburb.
G House File
Location:
Valle
Real, Zapopan, Mexico
Date:
Project: 2007
Construction: 2009
Construction:
Salvador Aguirre Cordero
Collaborators:
Sara Tamez
Alberto Tacher
Jessica Magaña
Contractors:
Woodwork: Esteban Gutierrez
Velazco
Stone: Luigi Sasso
Kitchen: Renso
Art:
Fernando
Sandoval
Adrián
Guerrero
Areas:
Land:
495 m2
Construction:
455 m2